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The Dolphins and McDaniel exposed again. They are great front runners against bad teams.

I am not sure why I tried. Just putting him on ignore and moving on.

I understand your point, but you are just wrong when it comes to the Bengals. They have an MO of whining and searching for extra motivation by hanging on to dumb stuff, and just making stuff up as in the case currently being debated. Their coach encourages it. He was behind the whole "we are being dissed because the Bills are selling Championship tickets" BS last year. This is not fans being sensitive despite your arrogant comments. In the case of the Bengals, it's a real thing. They are whiney *****, led by a whiney B word. Sorry, but its true. You will never see the Bills doing this, because they have real leaders.

The Bengals are a bunch of whiney *****. I absolutely hate that team.

As per usual, Bills fans undervalue their players.

It should also be said thatJones was performing at an elite level when he was hurt. That was a massive loss and no depth piece was going to fill that void. It is unfortunate that Ford or Settle have not been able to be more stout at the point of attack, but I seriously doubt that problem can be even partially solved with FA at this point in the year.

There are at least a dozen regular posters here who I would not be surprised to learn made that call.

It is clear to me that boneheaded mistakes are what have contributed in a major way to this discrepancy and go along way in explaining why results have been so mediocre. They have consistently shot themselves in the foot at critical times. The offense has been worse in this regard, starting with Allen, but we saw on Defense against the Pats what effect downgraded talent and lack of experience can have in the execution on that side of the ball as well. The coaches certainly need to figure this out but it has to start with the players taking ownership for executing their assignments. The coaches cannot do it for them.

And the Bills are number 2 in red zone scoring offense. seems like a good matchup. https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/red-zone-scoring-pct

Thee are no doubt a number of issues with the Bills right now but in my view the bulk of the problem has been player execution. It was largely in the offensive side the previous two weeks, but this week the defense stepped up and largely played poorly. It starts with Allen and he has been inconsistent at best, missing reads and missing throws at critical times. Missed blocking assignments up front, stupid penalties, drops have all contributed to killing drives at inopportune times. Defensive technique and execution were major problems with the D this week. I know people want to blame the coaches, and if the players are executing this poorly they certainly are in line for some blame, but the players need a major kick in the arse, and hopefully this can contribute.

I would be shocked. NE is a bottom feeder with no offensive weapons, no pass rush, and a substandard secondary at the moment. Yes, the giants game, blah, blah. The Bills win this one going away.

He should know about poor number 2s since he was one.

True enough, but the reality is that the Bills second team defense should have no trouble against the Pats starters.

Really? In what way are the Patriots capable of exploiting the Bills defense if Oliver does not play? Sorry, but I don’t see it.

Hardman was part of the big infusion of so called offensive talent to the Jets this year that everyone was so excited about. Yeah, not so much. In fact, other than the return of Breece Hall who is looking very good, the others are meh, all looking a bit washed. Cook is beyond his prime, as is Cobb and Lazard is uninspiring. Would Rogers have made this crew more productive? Possible, (although he looked pretty washed himself last year) but other than Wilson and Hall, they lack legitimate weapons. Pretty sad commentary on Hardman that he can’t contribute.

Playoff spots are not decided in October. There are 11 more games. Guess what? They will be fighting for a spot all year long, as is every other team. None are wrapped up, every team has had stumbles and will continue to do so. If your expectation is that your team is going to play dominant football each and every week and that will then portend a championship, I think perhaps it your expectations that need adjusting. It is a grind, for everyone, and a great deal of both positive and negative situations will happen to each team between now and then. Their track is just fine.

True or not, and I suspect there is more to it than Lynch will admit, the reason he left the Bills is that he was traded because he was being outperformed by a free agent from the USFL and he already had two strikes in the NFL personal conduct policy - the hit and run on Chippewa and being pulled over with an illegal firearm in the trunk in Oakland. I am sure he was not happy in Buffalo, but no one was particularly happy with him either.

I imagine he will be running quite a bit - for his life - to very little effect in the end I suspect.

Personally, I cannot remember ever not being interested in a Bills game.

Don’t we have other more pressing priorities for an upgrade that would occupy a roster spot? I assume you would cut Shaq Lawson for Clark? At that end of the rotation, would the loss of Shaq’s edge setting ability really be worth the small potential upgrade in pass rush of Clark on his (at best) 20 snaps per game. I just don’t see the fit at this time. A CB could be an upgrade, or an outside LB given the depth chart at those positions, but DE is the strongest position group on the defense at this time, perhaps on the whole team.

Finally, signs of intelligent life on this issue from a national media source.

Clark would be 5th in the rotation at DE at best on this team. No thanks.

Bills 38 NYG 6

If they allow the Giants to score 24 points I am going to be very concerned.